Family of mother of two who died just days after undergoing 'mummy makeover' demand an investigation

The family
of a woman who died just days after undergoing a 'mummy
makeover' have demanded an investigation into her death.

Adriana
DeSilva slipped into a coma two days after she had a tummy tuck,
liposuction and breast augmentation at a cosmetic surgery center.

The mother
of two traveled to a Florida clinic with 39 year old Brazilian born DeSilva
telling friends the surgery was a joint birthday and mother's day present to
herself.

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Adriana DeSilva slipped into a coma just two days after undergoing a tummy tuck, liposuction and breast augmentation

DeSilva's family have demanded an investigation into her death

Lawyers for
the family are considering filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the Boca
Raton based clinic and surgeon Dr Daniel M. Zeichner.

'Florida
has become sort of the wild, wild west of cosmetic procedures and if we don't
do something about it, more people are going to continue to lose their
lives,' said Daniel Harwin, the family attorney.

The De
Silva family from Harrison in Westchester, New York, have said her death is
"suspicious".

Lawyers are
waiting for the autopsy results before filing a lawsuit.

DeSilva,
who was training to be a nurse, underwent the multiple procedures at the Boca
Raton Surgery Center on April 5th. She was declared brain dead on April 21 after falling into a coma just two days after the surgeries.

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Dr Zeicher
carried out a tummy tuck, breast augmentation and lipsosuction on her neck.

She was
discharged from the clinic with a clean bill of health and checked out by Dr
Ziechner.

DeSilva's family are also considering a wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Daniel M. Zeichner, the surgeon who operated on her

The
following day DeSilva complained of feeling ill and suffered a stroke. She
lapsed into a coma and later died.

Her
daughter Kerolayne Stuwer said she and her brother are distraught.

'It's
been hard,' Stuwer said, fighting back tears.

She said
she was devastated that her mother died "when I wasn't there to hold her
hand for the last few seconds."

Stuwer and
her brother were planning to return to Brazil to live with a grandmother.

At the time
of the surgery, DeSilva was caring for an elderly Alzheimer's patient while
taking night classes to become a registered nurse, he said.

Family attorney Daniel Harwin Florida has become 'the wild, wild west of cosmetic procedures'

D Ziechner
said he feels horrible for the family, but said in a statement that nothing
unusual happened during the procedures.

'I did
not have a problem during surgery,' Ziechner said.

'And
she was discharged according to the guidelines the center follows, under rules
administered by the State of Florida.'

He added
that there are problems with cosmetic surgery.

'She
had an unfortunate incident, it can happen. It can happen for anyone,'
said Zeichner.

DeSilva's
death is still being investigated by the Miami medical examiner's office.

Attorney
Andrew Kessler who is also retained by DeSilva's family as co-counsel, said he
has 'great concerns about the fact that Adriana DeSilva underwent so many
procedures at once, and did so at an outpatient surgery center.'

DeSilva had been caring for an elderly Alzheimer's patient while taking night classes to become a registered nurse

Dr Zeichner
is a board certified plastic surgeon and works at the Strax Rejuventation
clinic in Boca Raton.

It boasts
of being the largest plastic surgery center in the US with 16 surgeons
operating on patients.

The clinic
says: 'All procedures are performed by Board Certified Surgeons with impeccable credentials and years of experience. Each surgeon's credentials are proudly displayed and each patient has the right to consult with several surgeons. Professionalism and patient satisfaction are the hallmark of Strax's success. The Strax Difference: 16 surgeons allow Strax to match the surgeon with the particular desires of each patient. Often times, a patient having multiple procedures may in face have more than one surgeon performing a different procedure.'